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Appearance and reality rarely converge when public figures give evidence to Westminster select committees and Andrew Bailey’s performance earlier this week was no exception. Many will consider the Bank of England Governor’s suggestion that workers “think and reflect” before asking for pay rises a particular low point, not least given the opprobrium he attracted after saying something similar back in February – a time when he was unable to recall his own salary. Flanked by deputy governor Dave Ramsden and two other economists on the Monetary Policy Committee, Bailey set alarm bells ringing on Monday with the admission that he had no control over at least 80pc of the underlying causes of inflation. Like the cast of Deep Impact as the comet hurtles towards Earth, he indicated he can only sit back and observe as war and Chinese shutdowns send inflation soaring into the double digits. The Office for National Statistics is expected to confirm that inflation has passed 8pc, or even … [Read more...] about The Bank of England is not ‘helpless’ to stop an inflationary crisis

The white teenager suspected of fatally shooting 10 people at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in what authorities say was a racially motivated attack allegedly also took part in animal abuse, according to a document authorities say he posted online that was obtained by ABC News. Among those alleged online writings he shared on the social media platform Discord, 18-year-old Payton Gendron allegedly detailed taking part in animal abuse in which he killed a cat, according to the document. Within the writings reviewed by ABC News, Gendron alleged that his mother gave him a box to bury the cat he said he killed. On a conference call Tuesday with state and local partners, law enforcement officials said that Gendron began posting threads to Discord regarding body armor in the summer of 2021, according to a source familiar with the phone call. In April of 2022, the threads also appeared to show that he spoke about wanting to taunt federal law enforcement, officials on the call … [Read more...] about Buffalo mass shooting suspect allegedly detailed animal abuse in writings

Phillip Schofield may be well-known across the UK, having worked on TV since the 1980s, but it turns out he also made quite an impression during his first job in New Zealand with a certain star of The Boys . On Wednesday’s This Morning , Chace Crawford and Karl Urban, two members of the cast of the gruesome Amazon superhero series, arrived in the studio to chat about season 3 with Phillip and Holly Willoughby . After discussing the upcoming new episodes , which Billy Butcher actor Karl teased will be ‘more dynamic’ and feature a ‘musical number’, it was revealed that he was actually holding himself back from fanning out on live TV. Holly brought up the fact that Karl, 49, used to watch Phillip, 60, when the presenter hosted Shazam! in New Zealand, after the This Morning presenter moved to the country with his family aged 19. Having spoken about how The Boys isn’t suitable for children to watch, Holly said to Karl: ‘Talking of kids watching things, you were … [Read more...] about The Boys star Karl Urban takes Phillip Schofield aback revealing he’s a huge fan: ‘I’m fanning out’